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Personal info

Full name
CONNOR, George Roger
Date of birth
5 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois
Hometown
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36776269
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wardin, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 86

Immediate family

Members
William F. Connor Sr. (father)
Josephine J. (Gerard) Connor (mother)
John E. Connor (brother)
Helen E. Connor (sister)
Harold G. Connor (brother)
Catherine L. Connor (sister)
Virginia A. Connor (sister)
Mary Connor (sister)
William F. Connor Jr. (brother)
James W. Connor (brother)
Margaret M. Connor (sister)
Robert E. Connor (brother)
Lois J. Connor (sister)
Roger M. Connor (son)

More information

Pvt George R. Connor enlisted in 1943.

He died from a severe head wound on a bitterly cold, snowy day during a German counterattack, which was preceded by a devastating artillery barrage. The Germans did not break through, but the losses were big. B Company suffered its greatest one-day loss ever: thirteen men were killed, twelve were wounded, and sixteen went missing.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Connor McKee Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Dolores Maxwell, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Dolores Maxwell